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This is the illustrated account of our 4th of July vacation to Niagara. Be sure to see the New York gallery for the completion of our vacation. All pictures are thumbnails. Click on them if you want to see a bigger and better picture, under 40k. |
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| We'll start out with a little map of the Niagara River, flowing from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. There are 3 waterfalls that make up Niagara Falls, from west to east they are the Horseshoe Falls, the Bridal Veil Falls, and the American Falls. Hopefully this poor map will give you a tiny perspective on the layout of the falls. |
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Derrick Kunze and I headed for Niagara Falls early on a Saturday morning, July 1st. We got to Niagara Falls, NY pretty early, but soon found out that rooms aren't very cheap at that place, at that time. After carefully reviewing hotels like "Bit 'o' Paris", renting rooms for $150 a night ($15 might have been more feasible for quality like that), we decided to camp out for the night. | |
| At a local Walmart, we geared up with blue tarps and spent the night at a campsite on Lake Ontario. We had a splendid view of the Toronto Needle (it took Derrick a few minutes to convince me that there actually was a needle-shaped structure across the lake), and I'd like to title the picture to the right, "Sunset over Toronto". |
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The next morning, we took off to see the falls. This picture was really the first sight of the falls we had. From the American side, you can't see near as much of the falls as the Canada side, but this is a good side view of the American Falls with the Horseshoe Falls in the background. | |
| This one was taken from the Canadian side, with the American Falls on the left and the Bridal Veil Falls are the little trickle on the right. |
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The Cave of the Winds was a great tour that took us down near the American Falls, and right in front of the Bridal Veil Falls. They even had a little platform called the "Hurricane Deck" where you could stand and get pelted by the water from the Bridal Veil Falls glancing off of a big rock. | |
| This is a shot of the Horseshoe Falls from the Canadian side, or at least as much of it as you can usually see. The Horseshoe Falls are so powerful that there is mist hanging in the air at least a quarter mile away. It's tough to see any part of those falls, but their pure size is the most amazing thing of all. |
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